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  Acceptable and unacceptable dress for visiting Bethel

  by smiddy in

  1. watchtower
  2. scandals

  i just came across this on another thread with pictures/photos ,is this for real ?

  i couldnt beleive my eyes or ears?.

  the control that this organization has over it`s members... is ..is ... well it`s a cult !!

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  James 2:1-4

  1 My brothers, YOU are not holding the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, our glory, with acts of favoritism, are YOU ? 2 For, if a man with gold rings on his fingers and in splendid clothing enters into a gathering of YOU , but a poor [man] in filthy clothing also enters, 3 yet YOU look with favor upon the one wearing the splendid clothing and say: “You take this seat here in a fine place,” and YOU say to the poor one: “You keep standing,” or: “Take that seat there under my footstool,” 4 YOU have class distinctions among yourselves and YOU have become judges rendering wicked decisions, is that not so?

  1 Samuel 16:7

  7 But Jehovah said to Samuel: “Do not look at his appearance and at the height of his stature, for I have rejected him. For not the way man sees [is the way God sees], because mere man sees what appears to the eyes; but as for Jehovah, he sees what the heart is.”
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  Dec 15th WT: "Be like Solomon and don't go to university / don't be like Solomon and join a sports team!"

  by cedars in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  thanks to 'gayle' for bringing our attention to the fact that the december 15th watchtower has now been uploaded to jw.org.

  it doesn't take long to reach the first juicy bit on pages 8 and 9, this time regarding higher education:.

  it would be good to ask, am i taking to heart solomons example of treasuring divine wisdom?

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  Odd group there: marriage choice, sports, tax cheats and taking the 5th. They left out chewing gum in the kingdom hall?
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  Elder Involvement — Graphic … pages 4-6

  by Marvin Shilmer in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  elder involvement graphic presentation pages 4-6. .

  today i added to my blog pages 4-6 of the 13-page submission by a doctor of psychology that is a watchtower appointed elder.

  he had ideas about elder involvement with jehovahs witnesses suffering mental illness, and particularly victims of child abuse, and thought it best to share these with watchtower.

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  did the writer geta response from WT?
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  Elder Involvement — Graphic Presentation

  by Marvin Shilmer in

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  2. friends

  elder involvement graphic presentation.

  today i uploaded a new article to my blog that begins publishing a 13-page submission by a doctor of psychology that is a watchtower appointed elder.

  he had ideas about elder involvement with jehovahs witnesses suffering mental illness, and particularly victims of child abuse, and thought it best to share these with watchtower.

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  excellent
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  June Service Meeting part: Marriage, separation and divorce

  by Quarterback in

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  2. beliefs

  i'm curious as to why this is a national topic for a service meeting part?

  has anyone any thoughts on this?.

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  our speaker said better to go to elders for counseling than worldly therapists

  his own idea or part of material?
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  Thee as in Thee Governing Body vs. the governing body in Jerusalem.

  by miseryloveselders in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  i've had the book for well over a year, the bearing thorough witness publication, but like most wt books, i didn't bother to really look at it until time for it to be used in the congregation bible study.

  another thread mentioned this before how they're capitalizing the g on the governing body.

  however, they don't provide the same treatment for the same title when referring to those in the bible they label as the governing body.

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  more here:

  http://www2.jehovahs-witness.net/jw/friends/69602/1/governing-body-or-Governing-Body
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  Wanted to get reinstated... Almost ready to give up

  by headisspinning in

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  2. friends

  i'd like to hear from anyone who was disfellowshipped but fully intended to go back as soon as possible and how that worked out or didn't.

  i'd like to hear how soon you went back to meetings, how many letters requesting reinstatement you wrote, how you were treated, and how long it took you to get bitter and jaded.... or in the off chance you had a positive experience, what exactly happened.. really struggling here... thanks!.

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  headisspinnig, i sent you a private message
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  An email I just recieved: Jehovah's Loving Kindness

  by Soldier77 in

  1. watchtower
  2. beliefs

  but it's a new king in israel .

  the only one who's left of the house of jonathan is his son.

  mephibosheth said 'sure: i have had hard times and i am a cripple and i don't even understand this loving kindness, but he said i'll never leave this table.'.

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  Just recently heard this as a talk by a DO or CO. Maybe an outline or script talk from HQ?
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  Has there, or are there any normal pro-WT members on this forum? As in mentally stable, anybody?

  by miseryloveselders in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  first off, forgive me if i'm guilty of being judgemental.

  i got my own fair share of mental problems.

  it goes without saying that a bunch of us on this forum are misfits and freaks.

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  "If you're still supporting the organization in some manner or form, yet not agreeing with it in its entirety, that does make one a hypocrite. Or even as Dark Side put it in times past, a coward."

  If you support your country, but don't agree entirely, does that also make you a hypocrite?
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  Has there, or are there any normal pro-WT members on this forum? As in mentally stable, anybody?

  by miseryloveselders in

  1. jw
  2. friends

  first off, forgive me if i'm guilty of being judgemental.

  i got my own fair share of mental problems.

  it goes without saying that a bunch of us on this forum are misfits and freaks.

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  shadow

  I've read this forum fairly regularly for 8 or 9 years. Got into a few long discussions but don't anymore since I don't see much point in it. Still a JW (inactive now though). Posted here while an elder and still haven't gone over to the dark side. Not completely anyway . . . .